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G. KAMP. LANDING NBT FRAME.

No. 520,567. .Patented May 29, 1894.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE KAMP, OF TRENTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE' TO THOMAS B. MILLS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAN DING-NET FRAME..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,567, dated May 29, 1894.

Application filed September 2- 1893. Serial No. 484,661. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KAMP, of Trenton, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Landing-Net Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an im provement in landing-net frames, one object being to provide an article which may be folded into a small compass convenient for being carried in the hand or in a trunk or satchel when not in use.

Another object is to provide a frame in which the parts need not be disconnected when it is desired to fold them, the difierent members being so assembled that the hoop or.

ring portion, the handle and the net are at all times secured together.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a face view of the frame, showing it in its open position in full lines and in its closedior folded position in dotted lines, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same.

A designates the handle of the frame and to its end is secured a fork vor yoke piece B. This yoke piece consists preferably of a shank b which engages the end of the handle A and two transversely extending arms or branches b', bg. Each of these arms is provided with two depending lugs b at each side of its outer end for the purpose of engaging the hoop or ring, as will be hereiuafter set forth. The

hoop or ring portion consists of two members C and O' which are secured together at their outer ends by means of a hinge c. The members are pivotally secured at their inner ends to the shank b of the fork piece B, preferably by means of screws D, D' This pivotal conneotion with the fork piece allows the hoop to swing laterally either-toward or away from 'the handle A. The members C, C' are also hinged at their inner ends transversely to the pivots, as shown at E, E'. These hinges are preferably located quite close to the pivots, as indicated in the accompanying drawings.

A net may be secured to the hoop in any common manner. The net is not shown in the accompanying drawings as it is not thought necessary so to do, as myinvention relates only to the frame.

`The members O, O' are preferably formed of some resilient material, such as spring metal for example, and they are normally nearly straight or slightly bowed. Supposing that the members are in their folded adjustment with the handle of the frame located between them, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and it is desired to place the hoop in condition for use. The members are first swung over on their pivots D, D' until they are nearly in alignment with the handle. The members are then bowed apart to cause them to slip over between the lugs b8 upon the arms b', bz. The normal tendency of the members O, C' to st-raighten out causes them to very snugly embrace the under sides of the branches b' and b2 and the depending lugs b3 engaging the side edges of the members prevent them from being swung unintentionally out of their locked or nnfolded position. When the members are bowed apart to cause them to engage the arms of the fork, the

members swing on the hinges E, E' at their inner ends and the hinge c at their outer ends.

I have shown the lugs b3 as a convenient means for looking the hoop in its uufolded position, but instead of this I may use a pin and hole, the one on each of the members and the other on each of the arms of the fork piece, or I may use any other suitable fastening device that will effect-ually hold the hoop in its open position.

When it is desired to fold the frame, the members are slightly depressed and forced by the lugs b3 and then swung over so as to embrace the handle, the two members of the hoop at the same time straightening out to a considerable degree. The frame then occupies a very smallspace and may readily be inserted into a satchel or trunk if so desired.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the construction and arrange-h plane in which it swings upon the hinges,'

substantiaily as set forth. g

3. A landing-net frame, comprising a handle, a yoke secured thereto, and a hoop or ring consisting of two members hinged together atone end and each hinged to and havng a pivotal connection with the yoke at the other end, the pivotal connection being such as to permit the hoop to swing transversely to its movexnent on the hinges and a catch for holding the hoop extended When in its unfolded position, snbstantiaily as set forth.

GEORGE KAMP. Vitnesses:

O. O. BENIN, H. E. THAYER. 

